The Exuberance He Gives
Jesus
said to her, "Mary."
She
turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which
means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have
not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell
them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and
your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news:
“I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these
things to her.
John 20:16-18, NIV
John 20:16-18, NIV
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He
is alive wearing pure
white
robe that
no vermilion
blood can stain
no
lung-hacking cough sin can stain
no
coal-smeared hands of death can stain.
He
is alive!
Do
you hear me?
He
is alive!
He
told me He will ascend
to
His Father, my Father, our
Father.
His God, my God, our
God.
Denying
I saw Him
does
not make Him
nonexistent.
You
can not erase God
with
your pink eraser,
beige
gum eraser,
grey
kneaded eraser,
pearl
white vinyl eraser,
for He
is not a single pencil mark
to
be lost in the chasm
of
a poem scratched
between
the blue lines,
into
the negative space
of
college ruled paper.
He
is alive! Do you hear me?
I
saw Him conquer death.
I
saw
Him.
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I
love Mary Magdalene's story because of her great faith. With Easter
coming up on Sunday I wanted to share this poem of joy. Easter is a
reminder that Jesus died for our sins and that he rose again, thus
conquering sin. I can't imagine how much joy Mary felt when she saw
Jesus after she witnessed his death three days prior, but every day I
think about the meaning of Jesus' sacrifice and the meaning of His
resurrection I get a glimpse into what she must have felt.